#42C593#42C593

#42C593 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.136 H 163.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C593
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 147)
HSL	hsl(157, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(157, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 25.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -47.35, 14.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 49.63, 162.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.1303 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.136 163.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4766, 43.1943, 34.4874)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C593 #C54274

analogous

#42C552 #42C593 #42B6C5

triadic

#42C593 #9342C5 #C59342

tetradic

#42C593 #5242C5 #C54274 #B6C542

square

#42C593 #5242C5 #C54274 #B6C542

split-complementary

#42C593 #C542B6 #C55242

monochromatic

#216C4F #2F9A72 #42C593 #71D3AE #A0E2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#42C593 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#42C593 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C593

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C593	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C593	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AA96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c593;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.136 163.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7b2',
    500: '#42c593',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c593;
$custom-light: #85d7b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c593",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.099,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7393,
    "c": 0.13571,
    "h": 163.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C593

secondary

#CE95AB

accent

#4B83DC

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C593

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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